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Writing Express Training Document
Step-by-step instructions on using the student and teacher components of Harcourt Trophies Writing Express software.
(WritingExpress OS X.pdf
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Harcourt Trophies Writing Express Software Directions - Grades 1-6
For the teacher:
1. Log on to computer as readingteacher and use harcourt as the password; select
Reading Teacher group; open Harcourt Teacher Group folder; open
Grade_TMS Teacher Apps folder.
2. Double click Grade (level) TMS icon.
3. Type password: teacher1
4. Click Enter.
5. Select Create Class/Group
6. Type in your Class/Group Name.
7. Click Enter.
8. Click once on the name you created.
9. Click Add Student.
10. Type in a student name.
11. Click Enter.
12. Repeat steps 9-11 until all names have been added (names will alphabetize
automatically).
13. Click Quit.
For the Student:
1. Log on to computer as readK (or read1, read2, read3, read4, read5, or read6
depending on grade level) and use K (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 depending on grade
level) as the password (If you get a message saying the user is unable to log on,
Restart the computer and try again). Select Reading(grade) Group, click
Continue.
2. Click icon on the dock.
3. Click once on Class.
4. Click OK.
5. Click once on the desired student name (they are alphabetical).
6. Click OK.
Main Page: Journal, My Portfolio, topics
7. Hold mouse over each building to see list of topics.
8. Click once to select desired building.
9. Hold mouse over activity to see what’s in each.
10. Click once to select desired activity. Click Done.
11. Each completed activity appears in My Portfolio. To view, click on My
Portfolio. Click on an activity, then click Open.
12. Students can keep a journal in Journal. There are text tools. Can record and play
back words.
Activity Page: Gizmos, Gadgets, Writer’s Craft, Writing Workshop
There is lots of guided practice in the Show Me sections.
• Writing Workshop - writing activities
- Ideas - writing challenge with pictures to help students start activity
- Before You Write -Writing Process (the revising page has text
tools); Strategies for Writing; Writing Model
- Writing Tools - Thesaurus; Commonly Misspelled Words;
Spelling Strategies; Vocabulary Power Words
- Rubric - one for each topic; can be printed
• Gizmos - writing challenge with ideas using pictures; has Ideas, Before
You Write, Writing Tools
• Gadgets - writing challenge with ideas presented in words; has Ideas,
Before You Write, Writing Tools
• Writer’s Craft - writing activities; has Ideas, Before You Write, Writing
Tools
Created by Donna Raczynski
For the teacher:
1. Log on to computer as readingteacher and use harcourt as the password; select
Reading Teacher group; open Harcourt Teacher Group folder; open
Grade_TMS Teacher Apps folder.
2. Double click Grade (level) TMS icon.
3. Type password: teacher1
4. Click Enter.
5. Select Create Class/Group
6. Type in your Class/Group Name.
7. Click Enter.
8. Click once on the name you created.
9. Click Add Student.
10. Type in a student name.
11. Click Enter.
12. Repeat steps 9-11 until all names have been added (names will alphabetize
automatically).
13. Click Quit.
For the Student:
1. Log on to computer as readK (or read1, read2, read3, read4, read5, or read6
depending on grade level) and use K (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 depending on grade
level) as the password (If you get a message saying the user is unable to log on,
Restart the computer and try again). Select Reading(grade) Group, click
Continue.
2. Click icon on the dock.
3. Click once on Class.
4. Click OK.
5. Click once on the desired student name (they are alphabetical).
6. Click OK.
Main Page: Journal, My Portfolio, topics
7. Hold mouse over each building to see list of topics.
8. Click once to select desired building.
9. Hold mouse over activity to see what’s in each.
10. Click once to select desired activity. Click Done.
11. Each completed activity appears in My Portfolio. To view, click on My
Portfolio. Click on an activity, then click Open.
12. Students can keep a journal in Journal. There are text tools. Can record and play
back words.
Activity Page: Gizmos, Gadgets, Writer’s Craft, Writing Workshop
There is lots of guided practice in the Show Me sections.
• Writing Workshop - writing activities
- Ideas - writing challenge with pictures to help students start activity
- Before You Write -Writing Process (the revising page has text
tools); Strategies for Writing; Writing Model
- Writing Tools - Thesaurus; Commonly Misspelled Words;
Spelling Strategies; Vocabulary Power Words
- Rubric - one for each topic; can be printed
• Gizmos - writing challenge with ideas using pictures; has Ideas, Before
You Write, Writing Tools
• Gadgets - writing challenge with ideas presented in words; has Ideas,
Before You Write, Writing Tools
• Writer’s Craft - writing activities; has Ideas, Before You Write, Writing
Tools
Created by Donna Raczynski
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